7. “This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised:
8. Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.
9. A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
10. I said, In the middle of my daysI must depart;I am consigned to the gates of Sheolfor the rest of my years.
11. I said, I shall not see the Lord,the Lord in the land of the living;I shall look on man no moreamong the inhabitants of the world.
12. My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;
13. I calmed myself until morning;like a lion he breaks all my bones;from day to night you bring me to an end.